Pistol and Revolver Shooting Part 16

It is recommended that all scores after being shot, verified, etc., be wrapped in paper in separate packages, marked with the compet.i.tor's name, and that no one be permitted to handle and examine these targets after they have been scored and certified to.

THE U. S. R. A. LEAGUE

The League is an alliance or compact between the clubs partic.i.p.ating, the details and conditions of which vary slightly from year to year, being embodied in a signed contract.

Any locality having six or more paid-up members in the a.s.sociation may apply for the appointment of an official U. S. R. A. representative and by accepting the conditions and signing the contract, enter a team.

U. S. R. A. LEAGUE AGREEMENT FOR 1914-15.

_Entrance Fees._--Each club with paid-up affiliation in the U. S. R. A.

shall pay an entrance fee of $10, others $15; this to cover cost of prizes only.

_Expense._--The a.s.sociation shall furnish all targets to the clubs and shall pay the transportation from the a.s.sociation to the clubs and pay for all necessary telegrams to or from the secretary-treasurer, and an accurate account of these charges to be kept by the secretary and the amount to be charged back to the clubs, each club paying an equal amount.

This is not to exceed $10.

Secretaries of the clubs where shooting nights and distance will permit are to use the mail, others the telegraph in the cheapest form. Results of the week MUST reach the secretary by noon of the next Monday after the shoot. The press has no use for stale news. Clubs shall pay a fine of $1 for each failure to report on time; the fines to go into the club fund for expenses.

Targets are to be sent to the various clubs prepaid. Only clubs which guarantee to stay through the series will be allowed to enter.

_Shooting Night._--Clubs may shoot on one or two evenings of the week most convenient for them, but it must be the same evenings each week all through the match, unless a change be authorized by the secretary-treasurer. Any club may be allowed at the discretion of the executive committee to divide their shooters into two divisions and have two shooting nights a week. The members.h.i.+p of the divisions must be kept distinct, that is, a man may not change from one division to another and each division must have its regular shooting night. Matches not shot according to the above may be forfeited.

_Teams_ to consist of five men, but each club may at its option shoot in any match from five to ten men and pick the scores of the highest five.

_Qualifications_, _paid-up members.h.i.+p in the U. S. R. A._ and good standing in the local club. _A man may shoot on the team of but one club._ The scores of members in arrears for dues may be forfeited.

_Conditions._--Revolvers and pistols will be allowed on equal terms, but both must comply with the U. S. R. A. rules. Five strings of five shots each will be required for each man. Target, Standard American. Distance, twenty yards. Each individual score to be completed within twenty-five minutes from the time of firing the first shot.

_Scoring._--Official scoring to be done by the secretary-treasurer. In close matches, where the count of doubtful shots will determine the winner, at least two of the members of the executive committee shall be called upon to a.s.sist the secretary in scoring these shots.

_Supervision._--Members of the executive committee and U. S. R. A.

governors shall supervise matches within their jurisdiction, and certify that all U. S. R. A. conditions have been fulfilled. _Any score not so certified may be protested_, by any compet.i.tor and at the discretion of a majority of the executive committee may be thrown out.

Individual and club ties to be shot off.

_Protests_ from the decision of any U. S. R. A. official may be made in writing to the secretary-treasurer, if mailed within 48 hours after the decision has been brought to the attention of the person or persons feeling aggrieved. Each person concerned in making the protest must forward $1, which will be returned if the protest is sustained, otherwise forfeited to the a.s.sociation treasury.

_In General._--The series to begin as quickly as arrangements can be made.

Matches to be shot weekly.

Targets will be furnished marked for identification, and must be used only for the match a.s.signed and for no other purpose. For obvious reasons match targets must be jealously guarded and their individual ident.i.ty carefully preserved. Clubs may purchase from the U. S. R. A. similar targets for practice purposes.

Scores on mixed targets may be forfeited.

Clubs will be cla.s.sified in groups of four matches to begin the week of ..........

Entries to close ..........

_Fraud._--Any person found guilty by the executive committee of the U. S.

R. A. of cheating, evading or attempting to evade the regulations governing these contests, shall be debarred from all U. S. R. A. contests until reinstated by a vote of the members at an annual meeting of this a.s.sociation.

We hereby agree to all the above conditions and make application to enter a team in the U. S. R. A. League. Our preferred shooting day of the week is ..........

Signed: ..........

Date: ..........

Witnesses:

RECORDS

The following records have been made under the United States Revolver a.s.sociation rules since their adoption:

REVOLVER, 50 YARDS

_50 Shots_:

April 26, 1903--J. E. Gorman, San Francisco, Cal. 458 Sept. 7, 1904--Dr. I. R. Calkins, Springfield, Ma.s.s. 465 June 6, 1911--J. E. Gorman, San Francisco, Cal. 467 Nov. 26, 1911--John A. Dietz, New York, N. Y.

8 8 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10--94 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10--96 8 8 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10--94 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10--95 8 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10--96 -- 475

_30 Shots_:

April 26, 1903--J. E. Gorman, San Francisco, Cal. 273 Sept. 7, 1904--Dr. I. R. Calkins, Springfield Ma.s.s. 284 Nov. 26, 1911--John A. Dietz, New York, N. Y. 284

_20 Shots_:

April 26, 1903--J. E. Gorman, San Francisco, Cal. 185 Sept. 7, 1904--Dr. I. R. Calkins, Springfield, Ma.s.s. 188 Nov. 26, 1911--John A. Dietz, New York, N. Y. 190 Oct. 3, 1913--A. P. Lane, New York, N. Y. 191

_10 Shots_:

April 26, 1903--J. E. Gorman, San Francisco, Cal. 94 Oct. 3, 1913--A. P. Lane, New York, N. Y. 96

REVOLVER, 20 YARDS

_50 Shots_:

March, 1902--W. E. Petty, New York, N. Y. 439 June 11, 1903--Dr. W. H. Luckett, New York, N. Y. 464 March 4, 1904--S. E. Sears, St. Louis, Mo.

95 96 96 95 96-- 478

_30 Shots_:

March, 1902--W. E. Petty, New York, N. Y. 271 June 11, 1903--Dr. W. H. Luckett, New York, N. Y. 275 March 4, 1904--S. E. Sears, St. Louis, Mo. 287

_20 Shots_:

March, 1902--W. E. Petty, New York, N. Y. 177 March, 1903--Dr. W. H. Luckett, New York, N. Y. 178 June 11, 1903--Dr. W. H. Luckett, New York, N. Y. 184 March 4, 1904--S. E. Sears, St. Louis, Mo. 191